RESILIO Country Report - Portugal

Abstract

Portugal is a stable liberal democracy with strong checks and balances and well-functioning institutions. Since the revolution of 24 April 1974 which overturned the dictatorship (1926-1974), Portugal has made a swift and soft transition to a democratic system, marked by the approval of the new Constitution on 2 April 1976. Forty-eight years of dictatorship demanded a transition period until the country could stabilise and erase the old political, economic, civic and cultural legacies (Rosas et al., 2020), building a new legal framework to enhance political and judicial institutions.